Gatto Marte - Sogni di Bimba

Artist: Gatto Marte
Album: Sogni di Bimba
Year: 2008
Label: Music Center BA 191 CD
Country: Italy
Style: Progressive rock
Genre: Chamber Rock, Avangarde, Avant-prog, RIO.
Format: ape (image) with cue, log, md5, artcover
Size: 210 Mb (5 % recovery)
Source: my cd collection

One of the best new Italian bands, the trio became a quartet with the introduction of the violin and started to play its own compositions.

GATTO MARTE combine traditional progressive, chamber music, and RIO into a very tastefully done formula. The sound of the ensemble is influenced by the taste and style of each member: jazz, italian folk, classical and world music. They use lots of cello with sophisticated musical-arrangements. Reminding the Hungarian AFTER CRYING ensemble.
Similar to Belgium avant chamber rock like Univers Zero , Present , Julverne, Aksak Maboul , Aranis, DAAU, X-Legged Sally , Cos and Cro-Magnon.

Tracks:
1. Puer
2. Puella
3. Povera gente valse
4. Tango luna
5. Carnevale sopra le nuvole
6. Il bosco di Marte
7. La Tugazza
8. Prima volta
9. Tin tin
10. Rosa
11. Lily
12. Luca
13. Pique nique
14. L'armata di Picio
15. Rosa del deserto

Line-up:
- Nino Cotone / violin, hang & percussion
- Giuseppe Brancaccio / bassoon
- Maximilian Brooks / piano & percussion
- Pietro Lusvardi / double bass, banjo, harmonica & percussion
Guests:
- Doug Tones / tom tom & crash cymbal (1)
- Rosa Lusvardi / castanets (8)
- Lily Lusvardi assisted by Sara Lusvardi / maracas (8)